What a waste of a life and a great talent. If the stories are true about the way he died (possibly drug related as reported at the time of this post) I just don't get it. Those who have attained their creative excellence and are also, financially, at the top of their tree and have a lifestyle that most of us can only dream of......why the hell do they do this.
Depression and self-doubt can trump all the success/money/fame. Agreed....another sad loss.
Did he take his own life though ? He OD'd, doesn't mean he meant to do it !I suppose your right, you have to be in a very lonely and inhospitable place to take one's life, with or without the luxury of personal wealth. There have been too many who in most peoples eyes seem to have everything that, generally, we would relish, only to hear that they have ended their lives through drink, drugs or by some other means due to depression and as you have stated self doubt. It only goes to prove that fame and wealth aren't everything, and that health and happiness trumps that, especially health.